I already mentioned martin landau and the Nukes , your too late. But while were on the subject, those mini tv video comunicators were neet wernt they? why didnt they have PDA screens like we have now? and why did the landers look nothing like the spaceshuttle? that catlike alien woman was a real turn on when I was younge.
We could go to New Zealand and get some out of work Elves to go instead. They could survive on nothing but Lemnas Bread and can live forever (slow trip, long turnaround time).
How about Ghosts? Patrick Swasy didnt have to eat anything, probly couldnt press the controls unless he was angry.
Maybe we dont have to be dead, we can astral travel to the moon or mars and remotly see whats there.
What about engineering a human to be able to handle space travel (Tougher skin, better kidneys for low water consumtion, much smaller, larger eyes etc)
Hey, I got it, We could send some kids up. they are small, can obey orders "mommy says open the pod bay doors" are expendable, and if they live then will live longer to be an official hero and NASA spokesperson. sounds good, lets do lunch.
Martin landau was right in "Accidently" setting off the nukes stored on the moon, thus setting in motion a wacky zanny trip across the universe. (How come they wernt going at light speed but encountered a new planet every episode?)
Does anyone remember the episode were the white fluffy balls were making everyone blissout...ohh hang on, that was E.R.
Pres could mine the sci fi archives for other good ideas regarding the moon and space travel and aliens....
Headlines " Bush negotiate heroically saving the world from aliens" opinion polls soar.
wake up now, you fell asleep reading asimov again.
Actually...Australia has this thing called Medicare which we all get and dont have to directly pay for (Its in our taxes). Some public hospitals have beter patient care records than the private hospitals. How much cheaper can you get than FREE?
Having just signed the employment agreement (all 300 pages of it) your new handling orifcer says "Welcome to the company, everything that you make, think, work on belongs to us and into the future" You laugh half heartedly and then think... What he said includes your dreams, your vote, your wife and your kids, even your pay....What the @#%* did I just sign? don't get a lawyer just dont sign it. The more people that dont sign (read 'keep their free will') means that some other more deserving shmuck get the job in the US, and better job much for you come along soon in country other?!? OR...just start your own company and get people to sign YOUR agreements!
Hi, I work in a hock shop/ second hand shop in Sydney Aus. Throughout the years a huge amount of cudos has been given for repairing items (mostly electronic). It sounds hugely geeky but when you have finished repairing on a restaurant table (dinner party with friends) a cute womans nokia with a toothpic and you get her number, you get a rush of blood to the.... head. Then the woman at the table next to yours says "I have a problem of *object name* that needs your attention at my home . can you come tonight?" And all for just doing my job and learning some of the most frequent ways things can stop working.
I think [I say this so the manufactures wont send out secret agents to silence me] that some (read 'all') companies make their products to fail. There is the rumour of the "salt circuit" that fails exactly on 1 year after the plastic is opened exposing internal circuits to air. If you dont think the inside of a phone gets air then look at your screen and see how much dust is inside. I'm sure there are lots of things like this to make a product break on time.This is obviously to keep the part and labour repair industry going. Dont tell me a manufacturer spends $20 mil designing a product to be sueproof and not know that it will fail on the 14600 to 14700th opening of the lid. They want 95% of the item to JUST pass the 1 year warantee and the consumer to be happy to pay the bloated price for the privilage, then tell their friends to buy it as well. Then when it breaks not complain just buy a new one. All the while yelling from the top of our lungs what a good product it is, well I'm not going to take it any more * I scream from my window*
I agree with previous contestant that HP lazerjets are great. they are the only printer we touch that is not in a box, new. Also, old CRTs are good if they are from a good mftr German or japanese. Some 20 year old Sonys still come in to my shop and they work better than any 20 year old plasm. prove me wrong. You can tell the diference the good stuff weighs more, try lifting it. In the shop we have an old wooden tv set up as a joke. It has a sign on the screen saying "broken , do not turn on" inside conected to the mains are some cracker spark squibs and a smoke machine. what do they do? They turn it on! and the look on their faces is a reason to keep living. just to let you know if your in a shop and theres a sign.....
Nicad and NiMh batteris love to be used, the more the better, and used up till there is no more juice. Then recharged till they are full, not half full, or recharged all the time. Thats what causes them to fail. All the time we get cordless phones with dead batteries . LiIon is diferent. It loves to be recharged all the time and hates to be run down. I found out why recently from an electrical engineer. There is a circiut in them that measures how much charge is left If it goes less than 60% of full capacity the circuit kills itself thus rendering the batery useless. This act of hari kiri is designed so that you cant repac the battery case and you have to buy a whole new one from the manufacturer. Ever notice why they keep changing the shape of the bat from year to year? so you cant put old ones into new machines. Self terminating laptops will be next when they figure out that chips will be soo much fast and the programs will be sooo much better that we wont want our old laptops any more, WILL WE!
On the question of Glues I've found a combination of plastic meltind and Aroldite is the best for strength and for how it looks. I use the melting glue to smuge the 2 surfaces together and blur the lines between edges, you get a sort of glug as the clear glue turns the same colour as the plastic. Then as that is semidry aply some 2 part apoxy (I use Loctite 3801 as it is fast, he said while cheesily holding up product to camera) and hold in place till cured. If you want a flat finish put flat sticky tape over the top and rub slighty. when cured peel off the tape and sand down if necesary. The ability to fix a customers (tv case usualy) thing w
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I already mentioned martin landau and the Nukes , your too late. But while were on the subject, those mini tv video comunicators were neet wernt they? why didnt they have PDA screens like we have now? and why did the landers look nothing like the spaceshuttle? that catlike alien woman was a real turn on when I was younge.
We could go to New Zealand and get some out of work Elves to go instead. They could survive on nothing but Lemnas Bread and can live forever (slow trip, long turnaround time). How about Ghosts? Patrick Swasy didnt have to eat anything, probly couldnt press the controls unless he was angry. Maybe we dont have to be dead, we can astral travel to the moon or mars and remotly see whats there. What about engineering a human to be able to handle space travel (Tougher skin, better kidneys for low water consumtion, much smaller, larger eyes etc) Hey, I got it, We could send some kids up. they are small, can obey orders "mommy says open the pod bay doors" are expendable, and if they live then will live longer to be an official hero and NASA spokesperson. sounds good, lets do lunch.
Martin landau was right in "Accidently" setting off the nukes stored on the moon, thus setting in motion a wacky zanny trip across the universe. (How come they wernt going at light speed but encountered a new planet every episode?) Does anyone remember the episode were the white fluffy balls were making everyone blissout...ohh hang on, that was E.R. Pres could mine the sci fi archives for other good ideas regarding the moon and space travel and aliens.... Headlines " Bush negotiate heroically saving the world from aliens" opinion polls soar. wake up now, you fell asleep reading asimov again.
Actually ...Australia has this thing called Medicare which we all get and dont have to directly pay for (Its in our taxes). Some public hospitals have beter patient care records than the private hospitals. How much cheaper can you get than FREE?
Having just signed the employment agreement (all 300 pages of it) your new handling orifcer says "Welcome to the company, everything that you make, think, work on belongs to us and into the future" You laugh half heartedly and then think... What he said includes your dreams, your vote, your wife and your kids, even your pay....What the @#%* did I just sign? don't get a lawyer just dont sign it. The more people that dont sign (read 'keep their free will') means that some other more deserving shmuck get the job in the US, and better job much for you come along soon in country other?!? OR...just start your own company and get people to sign YOUR agreements!
Hi, I work in a hock shop/ second hand shop in Sydney Aus. Throughout the years a huge amount of cudos has been given for repairing items (mostly electronic). It sounds hugely geeky but when you have finished repairing on a restaurant table (dinner party with friends) a cute womans nokia with a toothpic and you get her number, you get a rush of blood to the.... head. Then the woman at the table next to yours says "I have a problem of *object name* that needs your attention at my home . can you come tonight?" And all for just doing my job and learning some of the most frequent ways things can stop working.
I think [I say this so the manufactures wont send out secret agents to silence me] that some (read 'all') companies make their products to fail. There is the rumour of the "salt circuit" that fails exactly on 1 year after the plastic is opened exposing internal circuits to air. If you dont think the inside of a phone gets air then look at your screen and see how much dust is inside. I'm sure there are lots of things like this to make a product break on time.This is obviously to keep the part and labour repair industry going. Dont tell me a manufacturer spends $20 mil designing a product to be sueproof and not know that it will fail on the 14600 to 14700th opening of the lid. They want 95% of the item to JUST pass the 1 year warantee and the consumer to be happy to pay the bloated price for the privilage, then tell their friends to buy it as well. Then when it breaks not complain just buy a new one. All the while yelling from the top of our lungs what a good product it is, well I'm not going to take it any more * I scream from my window*
I agree with previous contestant that HP lazerjets are great. they are the only printer we touch that is not in a box, new. Also, old CRTs are good if they are from a good mftr German or japanese. Some 20 year old Sonys still come in to my shop and they work better than any 20 year old plasm. prove me wrong. You can tell the diference the good stuff weighs more, try lifting it. In the shop we have an old wooden tv set up as a joke. It has a sign on the screen saying "broken , do not turn on" inside conected to the mains are some cracker spark squibs and a smoke machine. what do they do? They turn it on! and the look on their faces is a reason to keep living. just to let you know if your in a shop and theres a sign.....
Nicad and NiMh batteris love to be used, the more the better, and used up till there is no more juice. Then recharged till they are full, not half full, or recharged all the time. Thats what causes them to fail. All the time we get cordless phones with dead batteries . LiIon is diferent. It loves to be recharged all the time and hates to be run down. I found out why recently from an electrical engineer. There is a circiut in them that measures how much charge is left If it goes less than 60% of full capacity the circuit kills itself thus rendering the batery useless. This act of hari kiri is designed so that you cant repac the battery case and you have to buy a whole new one from the manufacturer. Ever notice why they keep changing the shape of the bat from year to year? so you cant put old ones into new machines. Self terminating laptops will be next when they figure out that chips will be soo much fast and the programs will be sooo much better that we wont want our old laptops any more, WILL WE!
On the question of Glues I've found a combination of plastic meltind and Aroldite is the best for strength and for how it looks. I use the melting glue to smuge the 2 surfaces together and blur the lines between edges, you get a sort of glug as the clear glue turns the same colour as the plastic. Then as that is semidry aply some 2 part apoxy (I use Loctite 3801 as it is fast, he said while cheesily holding up product to camera) and hold in place till cured. If you want a flat finish put flat sticky tape over the top and rub slighty. when cured peel off the tape and sand down if necesary. The ability to fix a customers (tv case usualy) thing w